NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Fool Questions. 
[Written for the BREEZE by G. E. W.] 
It is easy enough to ask questions, 
To “ butt in” an interogative “why”; 
How quickly we catch the suggestion? 
As quizzers we’ve all had our try. 
To reply to each fool proposition 
In a logical manner, I’m sure 
You would meet with much opposition, 
That none but a fool could indure. 
To question is not always folly ; 
I think just a few I will try. 
Please answer and give me no jolly — 
An answer with good reasons why. 
Why is it Tom Lawson makes such a howl? 
Why didn’t his copper get oiled? 
Does he kick ’cause Rogers made such a 
haul 
While his copper he kept till it spoiled ? 
Why is it the ads. in the papers 
Trying public attention to draw, 
Have nude cherubs a-cutting up capers 
And women whose clothes “ clear the law”? 
For corsets a graceful creation, 
That would make poor Venus turn pale, 
Exhibited to the whole nation 
As second class matter by mail. 
Does the “ Oneita” girl have a suit on? 
I vow you hardly can tell; 
But discover the ad. of the union, 
’*Tis shirts they are trying to sell. 
Do you like the look on that wrinkled brow 
Of the man who eats “ Cascarets”’? 
Or the woman whom “ Pearline” does not 
know, 
Who rubs, and scrubs, and sweats ? 
Would you rather throw soap at Woodbury’s 
jaw, 
(And give him a job on himself), 
Or take a chance on an “ Ostamoor” 
For that winsome little elf? 
Then there is the man with the checker- 
board suit, 
With the box to match in his hand. 
‘He spins us a yarn of oatmeal soup, 
And bids us eat none but his brand. 
Why do they insist on our seeing 
Those stark-naked kids in the tubs 
With their soap and smiling “good morn- 
ing”? 
We care not for “ Pear’s” or their scrub. 
Just see that demure little maiden 
With her arm round the neck of a cow. 
How ‘“Malted Milk” would your heart 
gladden, 
Don’t you wish you were ‘“ Mully” just 
now? 
True the “ Quaker Oats” man is not trying 
to flirt ; 
Walter Baker’s dame is no prude, 
But why don’t the wool soap kids pull down 
their shirt? 
Their conduct is certainly rude. 
Then there’s the old dame at the wash tub, 
Who makes the soiled clothes good as new, 
But the credit’s not due to her scrub, scrub; 
She rinses with “ Sawyer’s bag blue.” 
Let’s all have a smile, let’s smile while we 
can, 
We'll all have a smile of ‘‘ John Hoff”; 
We'll smile like the man who drinks from 
the can, 
The smile that will never come off. 
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188 Hale Street, 
BEVERLY, Mass. 
BEVERLY. 
The fourth anniversary of S. of V. 
Auxiliary, No. 25, will be observed on 
Monday evening, November 28 at G. 
A.R. hall with a banquet and enter- 
tainment. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hinchliffe of 
Myrtle street have been entertaining 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogers of 
Webster this week. 
Several Thanksgiveng dances and 
other. social events were held Thurs- 
day. The Ballou club conducted one 
of their popular soirées in the city hall 
at which the Salem Cadet Orchestra 
played, while the Unity Guild danced 
in Maltahall. At both parties.a good- 
ly number was present. 
The order issuing from his Excel- 
Jency the Governor, disbanding Com- 
pany E, has causued general regret 
among those who have been watching 
the development of the company for 
years and who themselves were once 
members. For the most part, the 
ranks were filled with Salem men, and 
the old-time interest once prevalent 
among the young men of Beverly was 
lacking, although the officers in charge 
did their best to awake an enthusiastic 
spirit among the townspeople. It is 
very probable that many of the enlisted 
men will join Company H of Salem, 
thereby rescuing that company from 
the state of “innocuous desuetude”’ 
into which it was doomed to fal! before 
long. 
Auctioneer Lee sold the Ward 1 
hose house to William Cullivan for 
. $425 on Monday noon, and it will be 
removed across the street. 
William F. Early, a well-known 
Grand Army man, died on Sunday at 
his Myrtle street home, after an illness 
of several months. Mr. Early saw 
much service in the Civil War, and 
was wounded in front of Petersburg 
in June, 1864. He was a veteran fire- 
man, and a member of the association. 
Mr. Early leaves a widow and three 
children to mourn his loss. 
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Davis of 
Mulberry Street are rejoicing at the 
arrival of a little boy into their house- 
hold. 
Samuel H. Stone, 
Notary Public and 
Justice of the Peace 
164 CABOT ST., BEVERLY. 
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